Not Quite Yet

It seems I've been knocked down again

no, not quite yet 

But I am standing on a stack of cards

dancing on glass table 

Playing with the possibility

no, the certainty

that you will hurt me

like a flower at the break of winter 

I'm waiting for the ice

your cold words trying to be nice

telling me that maybe

this isn't quite right 

I am a leaf at the tippy top 

clinging to a maple tree

Though I can see it coming 

I hope autumn wont catch me 

yet.

I watch you drift away from whatever we are 

even though you're not getting too far    

not far enough for me to cry 

but I'm still not strong enough to say goodbye 

Not far enough to be out of sight 

I'm not in an airplane

you're no ant to me 

You haven't run far enough for me to do much 

Yet.

You haven't knocked me down 

winter hasn't hit

You're not far enough 

just yet.